SLC educator Sol Morgan in his garden. Photo: Rosa Volz.

modern building techniques and explore sustainable building alternatives. Says Sol, “Students will experience working with cob, light earth, and loose straw, building beautiful bottle walls and plastering techniques. Right now, the cost of building [in NZ] including acquiring resources is significant and increasing. Earth building is a tried and tested ancient technique which produces relatively low cost (but time expensive) structures.” The courses all include morning tea, lunch, and afternoon tea, and are well priced. Sol mentions that “if you are cashstrapped and still wish to attend – please talk to us. We are here to serve the community.”

For more information visit https://www.gbslc.org/

Kia ora whānau

• 18 February: A good member of the public returned a found wallet containing $800 cash. The elderly owner was very pleased to get it back.

Other found property currently held by Police include a pounamu taonga/necklace, a set of tramping poles, a kid’s scooter, a goldcoloured ring with writing on it, and a number of pairs of glasses (prescription and non prescription).

• A few concerned members of the public have mentioned people not being as careful as they ought to be at Give Way and Stop signs around the bay. Police have written a number of $150 infringements for these offences lately in the hope of changing driver behaviours. As you can imagine it is not welcomed by the offending drivers but if it prevents just one crash, then it is worth it. Please observe the road rules including any temporary measures whilst repair work is being undertaken. These laws are there to keep you and other road users/workers safe. Last year, 378 people died on our roads. That is more than one per day. A child was almost run over at the high school zebra crossing last week. The driver received a fine, but most importantly it is a sobering lesson to us all to be extra careful around this busy area in the mornings and afternoons.

• 26 February: A 53-year-old local male was charged with refusing blood after becoming intoxicated and attempting to drive his motor vehicle. He has since appeared in court and been fined $1000 and disqualified for over 12 months.

• 2 March: Keys were removed from a motorboat in Ligar Bay overnight.

• 11 March: A 36-year-old Southland male was forbidden to drive and warned for being in possession of undersize paua.

• 20 March: Police are investigating recent senseless disorder. A number of letterboxes were stolen/damaged along Commercial Street, Tākaka overnight and in the last month quite a number of burnouts have been done at various locations around the place. If you witness this sort of stuff occurring please call 111 and if able, take a photo of those responsible so we can pay them a visit and modify their poor behaviour.

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